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Illegal
hunters
who
killed a
"manigordo"
in the
protected
area of
Guanacaste,
were
arrested
by
authorities
of the
Ministry
of
Environment
and
Energy.
The can
currently
in be
found in
Costa
Rica
only in
large
wooded
areas,
such as
the
Guanacaste
National
Park,
Palo
Verde,
Arenal-Monteverde,
Tortuguero,
Barra
del
Colorado
and
Corcovado.
The
manigordo
is in
danger
of
extinction.
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Johnny
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Costa Rica: Mud, Monkeys
And Macho Men
It was one of those
things I was glad to
have done, even if I did
watch most of it through
my fingers. It was
fiesta season in Santa
Cruz, Costa Rica, and
the whole town was out
in force to celebrate
its culture and its
cowboys.
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How I made
It: Ricky Thomas,
Founder of Petmeds
After a couple of years heading
the IT department at the
spread-betting firm IG, Ricky
Thomas felt burnt out and
decided to quit. He was on
holiday when he spotted a
business opportunity.
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Inside Tip:
Walking the Romeria
If you decide to make
the walk to Cartago, here a few basis common
sense recommendations.
Click here for
more tips |
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A
New Cold War in the
Caribbean?
Ever since the Monroe
Doctrine, the U.S. has
seen the Caribbean in
the way that the Romans
viewed the
Mediterranean: Mare
Nostrum, Our Sea.The bad
news: it ain't our sea
anymore, gringos.? |
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Tuesday 26 August
2008, San José, Costa
Rica
Contraloría Confirms
Country's Immigration
Service Problem
A recent study by the
Contraloría General de
la República
(Comptroller's office)
reveals what many
already know, it is not
difficult to enter and
leave Costa Rican
without immigration
controls.
MOPT Will Issue
Temporary Permits To Get
Intersectoral Buses
Running
The Ministerio de Obras
Públicas y Transportes
(MOPT) is confident that
it will have the "interlínea"
buses running next
month, on a temporary
basis at least, as it
removed the appea
presented to the
Tribunal Administrativo
de Transportes and the
Sala Constitucional.
Almost Half Of Trailers
Operating Without
Vehicular Inspection
Regardless of the fog,
cold and rain, family
and friends took par in
the funeral of Eva
Álvarez, one of five who
were tragically killed
Saturday in Aguas Zarcas,
in San Carlos, when a
tractor trailer loaded
with tree trunks lost
control.
International Roaming
Now Available On ALL GSM
Cellular Lines
Cell phone users in
Costa Rica don't have to
leave their phones at
home when travelling now
that the Instituto
Costarricense de
Electricidad (ICE) is
making international
roaming available to all
its GSM cellular lines.
American Airlines Opens
Online Gambling Website?
Guess Again!
Say it isn't so.
American Airlines (and
most airlines for that
matter) have been
cutting services,
charging fees on extra
bags, and simply cutting
costs to the point where
we gotta ask "What's
next? Will we all be
sitting on the floor
when these airlines
remove seats?".
Panama Names Complex
After 1st Olympic Gold
Winner
PANAMA CITY -A new
sports complex will be
named for Panama's first
Olympic gold medalist,
Irving Saladino.
International Court Sets
Sights on Colombia
BOGOTA - Internacional
Criminal Court (ICC)
Attorney Luis Moreno
began on Monday a
working visit to
Colombia to request
information about the
investigations of the
parapolitics scandal.
Chavez: ALBA is Bolivar,
Morazan´s Project
TEGUCIGALPA -
Venezuelan President
Hugo Chavez arrived here
today for the summit
meeting of the
Bolivarian Alternative
for the Peoples of our
America (ALBA in
Spanish) and said this
is the continuation of a
Simon Bolivar and
Francisco Morazan
project.
Venezuela Resumed Talks
with CEMEX
CARACAS - Venezuela
resumed talks with
Cementos Mexicanos
(CEMEX) to run the
national cement industry
as majority share
holder.
Crucial Week for
Bolivia, Constitution
LA PAZ - The week
starting today in
Bolivia is cardinal for
decisions the government
must adopt to face
popular sectors" demands
and approve through
decree a new Political
Constitution of the
State (CPE).
ECUADOR:
President "Stabbed In
the Back" by Church Over
Constitution
The campaign for the
Sept. 28 referendum on
Ecuador’s newly
rewritten constitution
has got under way, with
fierce arguments between
the document's
supporters and
opponents.
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26 August 2008 |
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